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Steve Cappas has become the poster boy of what a good investigator doesn’t look like. What is really disturbing is that Cappas is an average Joe in this agency. He is among others just like him. He is the guy that takes orders well and doesn’t, for a second, question authority. A dutiful soldier. But in
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Supreme Court of Florida ____________ No. SC11-475 ____________ LEONARD PATRICK GONZALEZ, JR., Appellant, vs. STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee. [April 10, 2014] PER CURIAM. Leonard Patrick Gonzalez, Jr., appeals his convictions of two counts of first-degree murder and one count of home invasion robbery with a firearm and his corresponding sentences of death and life imprisonment.
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http://www.pnj.com/article/20140412/NEWS11/304120015/Gonzalez-death-sentence-upheld-in-Billings-murders As expected, the Florida Supreme Court upheld Patrick’s conviction for the Billings Murders. The articles claim, “In upholding the conviction, the state Supreme Court found that the convictions were supported by competent, substantial evidence, according to the State Attorney’s Office.” That is a purely laughable statement. In the public records, in plain English, the
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To fully understand the business, political, criminal climate of Pensacola at the time of the death of Byrd and Melanie Billings, you must understand all the players in the “good ole boy” system. April 30, 2002 W.D. Childers, Willie Junior, Mike Bass and Terry Smith, all Escambia County Commissioners, were indicted on political corruption charges
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So someone choreographed 5 men to storm a compound that is fully established with cameras, to take some money from an old man. This is the story if you drank the Kool-Aid. This is the ultimate puzzle wrapped inside an enigma. The risk in this crime is high. The gain is low. No money actually
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Today, I want to take a second to reflect on this rabbit hole I have jumped into. I entered into this with intrigue & curiosity. I have never known anyone that was on national television, until July 2009. I was floored because it was just so surreal. Who sees an acquaintance on tv as a
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I know it’s not a stretch to find that paperwork in a high profile case goes missing. There is one report that encompasses the entire case. There is one document that will illuminate everything anyone needs to know about who killed the Billings’. One document that seems to be tossed aside by everyone as “impertinent”.